Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-26
MINING NEWS.

Now WORKS ~ xtO0ldor-
Rich Strike in the Homestake. At Castle
acknowledgement OIL Discovery in
Northern Montana.
Tho deepest mines in this district are
worked to the following depths: Lexing-
ton, 1.15O; Anaconda, 1000; Alice, 1000;
Old Colusa. 500; Parrot, 600; Moulton,
COO; st. Lawrence. 800; Mountain View,
coo: Blue Bird, between 400 and 500: the
Chandler Synthetic group. from 4OOt to 500.
l;ut few mines in this camp exceed 0 feet
il, depth, 90 one can form some idea OF the
vast quantity Of ore still remaining in
those mines now being worked, not taking
into consideration the large number OF
mines yet un~developed.
The mine employing the largest number
Of men is the Anaconda, and the mine pro.
.ducing most ore in proportion to its size, is
the Parrot.
Reports have it that the rich ore body en-.
cnuntered in The Goldsmith contlnues as
rich as when first struck.
The Hope continues regularly producing
it's usual quantity Of ore. The ore body
encountered on the 2OO.f foo level a few
days ago is fully equal to representations.
Some very fine ore is being extracted from
that part OF the mine.
The Parrot has the finest dry room in the
camp for the miners to change in when they
come up out OF the mine.
Placer mining between this city and Silver
Row is at present conducted on q rather
limited scale.
The Pollock hosting works are now
completely under cover, and the building
- IA -oo~f 70 &hA 70 mn
The leasers hosting by d on
Saturday were rendered rather uncom-
Portable by the snow. Some quit work
and struck out for home.
The Gold Hill. just back OF the Court
House, continues sinking.
The Gagnon Company are not hosting
the quantity OF ore formerly brought to
the surface. owing to the great amount "f
dead work being done. 1t is said thai
sinking will b. continued to the 0 loot
level.
TIE Mountain View shaft is fast nearing
compilations; also the new hoist.
The Butte Reduction Works have more
coke on hand than any other smelter IN
the camp. ,
President Farrell and Superintendent
Tibbey, of the Parrot Silver q Copper
Co., came over from Helena Saturday
evening.
The Parrot smelter has the largest
whistle in the camp, and the Gagnon comes
next.
Work has been entirely suspended on the
Balm mine. the water having the upper
hand.
At the Morning Star the water is kept
under control. Sinking will be commenced
in a few days.
The Blue Bird has a larger number oil
| sta mps than any other mill in the camp.
The Bonanza Company are stopping out
their ore body, working quite u number Of
| miners.
The Parrot Company nave repaired one
| of their matte furnaces. Two Others thai
fell in about three months ago will nave an
ov%erhaulirg.
The boys who have the lease on the
cess anticipated.
1t will be q month yet before the machin'
cry in the new portion OF the Silver Bow
mill commences operations.
All the mines, mills and smeltere are
amply supplied with fuel.
Leasers back OF the old Lexington mill
are yet busy overhauling the tailings.
This district seems to be amply supplied
with miners, judging from the number
daily seeking employment.
Marcus Daily. superintendent OF the Ana
| conda, has returned from an extended trip
through the States.
T. E. Sechler. who arrived in this city
with C.. &. Haskell, the proprietor IF the
Hope mine, from Connecticut. has taken a
lease OF that property. Work GU the mine
will proceed as before, but under the man.
agement OF Mr.. Sechler.
IN OTHER DISTRICTS
Sampling works are being erected at
Boulder. They will be furnished with d
| plant from the Randall Machinery Com
pany. of Cincinnati, O..
Harry Lambert has returned to White
Sulphur Springs from Alaska. He reports
some rich placer diggings in the Yukan
country, but great dra in the short
ness OF the seasons and difficulty OF OBJ
tanning supplies.
The Pearl Silver Mining Company has
been organized with a capital OF IS, 900.
900 to work the Pearl mine at Hasmark.
The incorporators are James K. Pardee,
Angus Mcdonald, and j. W. Opp, OF Phil.
ipsburg; Duncan Dingwail. OF New Chicago,
and George B. Foote, OF Helena.
A rich strike is reported in the Home.
stake mine at Castle Mountain. This
mine wa recently purchased by Messrs.
Burghardt & Parker, of Great Falls, and
they rave since received several handsome
offers for it.
A seam of coal five feet thick has been
discovered on Sixteen Mile Creek, near
White Sulphur Springs. 1t is being opened
up by Reese Il Dunn.
On Mill Creek, nesr Emigrant Gulch,
there is an effervescent spring, the water of
which. by analysis. proves to be precisely
the same as the imported Appolinaris.
The chief owner is Walter Matheson, of
Helena.
On the north slope Of CinnabarM Mountain
on the Upp r Yellowstone, there If an i'm
mense deposit OF cedar agate, of beautiful.
hues and patterns. 1t can be taken out in
large pieces, from which the most elegant
dinner sets can be turned.
Some cowboys recently discovered a
quantity 'f oily matter oozing from a bluff
o fifty miles west of Benton. They be.
lleve it to be petroleum, and if it is there
VIII he a great oil craze in Northern Mon
tana.
Up in a eulch, tributary to the Madison,
there Is a big bluff Of the finest kidney
shap'd hematite iron. underlaid by alter
nate seams of cooking coal. fire.clay, strait
fed iron and limestone. Timber and water
q abound in the neighborhood. Mature has
there done all she can to encourage the
erection nf extensive iron works.
1t has long been asserted by hunters that
There IL a large salt spring about ten miles
from the Lou Lou Hot Springs, about 100
miles northwest of Butte. Several parties.
intending to control the salt market here
nave searched for the springs, but in vain.
Still it is believed that the salt snr,no
exists, as deer shot in that neigh orhc od